

So how to install MPD and ncmpcpp, configure ‘em and get it all up running on a (de facto default) PulseAudio Debian box? So let’s break it down and take one step at a time… Install and configure MPDĪs usual, installing MPD is as easy as it gets:Ĭonfiguration is pretty straight forward as well, here I’m using the system wide default Debian configuration located in /etc/mpd. My recommendation: Just go try it out, you might like it so much that you’ll never look back! ThinLinc uses SSH for transport encryption and authentication, and VNC for. Browse and add files from outside of MPD music directory ThinLinc is a cross-platform remote desktop server developed by Cendio AB.Ability to fetch artist info from last.fm.This is really cool if you e.g have a sound system hooked up to a box - you can then chill out while DJ’ing remotely.įor many years - back in the time I was young and roaming the earth - I’d be using a small Asus Netbook running OpenBSD as a dedicated MPD server: I’ve learned to appreciate the speed & simplicity of “remote DJ’ing” using ncmpcpp as my MPD client.īeing described as a “featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc”, my favorite music player ncmpcpp is command line based and comes with some powerful features. Ncmpcpp comes with an amazing user interface, and can easily connect to remote MPD servers, or you can simply SSH into the box and use ncmpcpp directly on the remote machine.

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